Lucas Downey
January 2025
Power Trends+: Opportunities and Risks to Kick Off 2025
We talked about my outlook for 2025 last week, and I foresee a lot of excellent moneymaking opportunities ahead. Luke and I dive right into some of those in our first Power Trends+ video of 2025 -- as well as some riskier stocks that we're passing on.
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How We Find the 0.25% of Stocks That Make the Market
Superstar stocks are the holy grail of investing.
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Anti-Predictions 2025: Why Small Caps Will Reign Supreme
I’ve made no secret of my preference for small-caps this past year in 2024. Here in TradeSmith Daily, we called it the Great Equalizer trade. All the tailwinds are at small-caps’ back. The Fed’s cutting campaign, the $7 trillion socked away in money markets, and the sheer wealth held by high-income households all point to it. But what I saw in TradeSmith’s seasonality tools sealed the deal.
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Anti-Predictions 2025: The Best Months for Small-Cap Stocks
The data’s telling me that small- and mid-cap stocks will outperform… especially over the next few months. The seasonality is looking great from a few angles, as I’ll take you through in my quick video. As for inflation and recession woes, I’ve got the data-driven picture on that, too, for you.
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A Historic Bull Signal From an Unlikely Place
Let’s see what history says about stocks given this historic drawdown…
Read now2025 Outlook: More Big Gains Ahead, Especially Here
As we flip the calendar, we hear a lot about “what’s coming” in the new year. And while I may not be able to tell you who will win the Super Bowl or pick winning lottery numbers, I’ve been pretty accurate analyzing data and forming an outlook for stocks. That’s what I’m sharing with you today.
Read nowThese Stocks Are in the Pole Position for 2025
Watch now… The countdown hasn’t begun quite yet, but in just a little over 24 hours from now we’ll be saying goodbye to 2024 and hello to 2025. It’s a natural time to evaluate the past year and make for the year ahead. New Year’s resolutions anyone? Unfortunately, studies show most New Year’s resolutions fail. According to U.S. News and World Report, 80% of them fail by the middle of February. If one of your resolutions is to make more
Read nowI Like This Company Better Than 2024’s Biggest Winner
If you run performance screens on stocks valued at $10 billion and higher, one clear winner stands out. But I'm hesitant at this point thanks to one yellow flag that stands out.
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This Has Never Happened Before
What’s occurred the last few weeks is so rare, there’s reason to believe unloved value names will have their day in the sun.
Read nowThe AGI Race Is on… So Is the Race for Profits
Almost one year ago to the day, I wrote here in Power Trends that artificial intelligence was the investing story of 2023… and that it probably would be in 2024 as well. It was. Innovation is ongoing, breakthroughs continue, and the best companies move forward with AI while making shareholders money.
Read nowPower Trends+: The Top and Bottom Requested Stocks
I appreciate all the interesting stocks you send in for us to analyze, and we crank through six of them today – the three highest-ranked stocks on the list, and the three lowest-ranked stocks. You'll notice a theme.
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